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I...don't want my phone to automatically connect to random open access points? I live in a city where there are at least 5 separate open networks available at n
by trowawee 9y ago
I...don't want my phone to automatically connect to random open access points? I live in a city where there are at least 5 separate open networks available at nearly all times if you're just walking around, most of which I do not want to connect to.
- neotek 9y agoTurning off "ask to join networks" also stops your phone from connecting to open networks automatically. It will still autoconnect to networks that you have previously connected to, though, unless you explicitly tell it to forget that network.
- jachee 9y agoExactly. Also: auto-joining open WiFi networks—especially generically-named ones—is a pretty serious security risk. So easy to spoof an SSID and capture everything that's traversing it.
- Ensorceled 9y agoUnless you use a VPN.
- jachee 9y agoAlas, there's no auto-enable-upon-connection VPN, of which I'm aware. And if your device connects to an open SSID while in your pocket, you're not even aware of it.
- djrogers 9y agoNot sure you understand the feature here - this controls wether you are prompted to join a network you've never seen. It doesn't automatically join those networks if you disable it, it merely silences the incessant prompts.